Predicting we will score 45 points in a road game at Auburn is unrealistic for several reasons.
1. We have scored over 40 points just twice: 52 points against FCS McNeese State and 41 points against Missouri.
2. We have never scored more than 34 points in a road game. In our 3 road games, we scored 33, 34, and 20 points against Florida, Mississippi State, and South Carolina.
3. Auburn has not allowed more than 31 points, and that was a road game at Georgia.
4. Auburn has not allowed more than 27 points at home. Oklahoma needed a pick-six to reach 27 points. Cal and Arkansas each forced 5 Auburn turnovers but neither of them could score more than 24 points against Auburn.
5. The last time we scored over 40 points against Auburn was 2014 in a 41-38 road win on 11/8/2014. Since then, we have never scored more than 31 points against Auburn, home or away.
For these reasons, I am predicting a close 24-17 road win.